Show N New ev Long Long LOl Distance DistanceS S Sc Schedule c hIe d u I e Important Cha Changes Changes g-es g Mean Mean netter Better Service and Annual Saving to Public Important changes changes t involving a gen g-en- general gen gen- general general eral readjustment t in long dis distance rates and in the th evening and night period during i reduced rates apply are ann anno need meed by the Moun Moun- Mountain Mountain tain States Tele Telephone hone and Telegraph Company The hanges are effective on Mountain all calls fron from points in the Moun Moun- Mountain tain states terri terni ory to points in the territory ofa of a ly y other associated company They are arc made the com com- company company com company pany states for the benefit of users of eliminate long distance service and to elim elim- service di which he present schedule has brought out id out The net result pf f the readjustment in n rates will be a 1 saving to the tele- tele telephone hone phone users of tie tl t c e country of tele-I tele ap ap- ap approximately approximately proximately thre million dollars a acar year To points the territory of the Mountain l States Company and miles o 0 or more distant the rates are arc Tally reduced The greater the dista distal ce the greater the reduction redaction For amPle from Salt Lake to Los An Angeles cles eles the basic SaltI station ion sta- sta I station to rate ra c e will be in- in instead in- in instead in instead stead of t Portland in- in instead in- in instead in instead stead of 1 Omaha in- in instead instead in instead stead of K City in- in instead instead in instead stead of I ew York in- in instead in- in instead in instead stead of 1275 1276 Long iong ong distance cables carrier systems vacuum tube re- re repeaters repeaters re repeaters loading c ills ils and other im- im improved improved im proved devices and methods result result- resulting re ng mg ing from scientific re- re research research re research search and deve development potent applied to the telephone inc ill stry have effected economies on th tha longer circuits and have a share in aking these leduc reductions ions possible A few rates for dis- dis distances distances dis-ances dis between tl 24 2 and miles will willbe willbe willbe be adjusted to i 1 rake ake the schedule consistent out but in these cases the of the basic ste- ste to tion station to tio station to ra e a will be only five cents One of the inte into sting changes from the publics public's viE vier ont is that by which one and half hours have been added to the reduced rate period 1 erio Reduced rates on to station station station calls will bevin at 7 p m instead minstead of m in as formerly Between 7 p m in nd p m the discount will b be approximately 25 per cent of the day station to station to rates and from 1830 p m nt to a m about 50 per cent of the day rates These discounts di will apply where the day st station to station to rate is is 40 10 cents or m mare more re with minimum reduced rate of 35 cents Because of o the unsatisfactory erv ervice e conditions condition which v it brought out the existing midnight discount if i discontinued Lowest est Rates at t thirty Eighty Eighty Under the new station s station to to tion station calls made sub sub- sub may pe e a at reduction I a as early as l 7 p p m in mand and persons wis ing to advantage advantage tage of the low love st t rates of the 21 1 hours may make heir calls any time after p m in Thus although the themi mi midnight night discount is discontinued the longer reduced l itc to te period and the substantial redu ledu applying in basic rates to c d stant slant points mean that this change iW ill make little dif dif- difference difference dif difference ference in the cos of night calls By this move t e company expects expect to improve servi e a by eliminating complications at l 1 r which have resulted in delays and put a heavy burden on its and em- em employees employees em employees At the t lore i ore important cen- cen centers centers cen centers it has mean retaining a large force o of young omen operators tJ t care for a n and short short lived burst of traffic During much of th the time the operate s 's s kept on duty in anticipation of 1 lis is temporary rush have had little do then a short period in which hey have been en- en entirely entirely en entirely too bus busy to give the best service and foil foll wing that a sh sharp rp tapering hour w en few of the girls could return to I homes With this corn cone growing more pronounced the company has been facing a difficult and n l serious responsibility responsibility responsibility It has necessary to tc maintain dormit ics e in the larger i central offices ii 1 which many oper oper- operators oper- oper operators operators required on y for a short period have been for the rest of the II night These housell hours ho rs of duty have of course been und and undesirable and hard to fill The spread tg of the long dis- dis distance distance distance tance traffic ove o the lengthened re- re reduced re reduced rate peri period d J will relieve this situation j Reversal pC lr Extended Another than chan that will be welcomed wel- wel welcomed is the ex cx of the lege privilege of charges to include station to station to whether calls placed during tl day evening or where night where th the rate is 25 cents or more In the la few years yeal's the use us of lon long distance service ervice has been in- in increasing increasing increasing creasing constant constan y y and many nany sit situa- situa situations l- l now arise w sere the reversal of charges is of ad antage to the cus- cus cus who calls or or a certain number Hence Bence this thi-s I ege e is an added con con- convenience con convenience and sa ing ing to the tha public |